عُرَيْبٌ كَانَ لي مَعَهُمْ عُهُودٌ

عُرَيْبٌ كَانَ لي مَعَهُمْ عُهُودٌ

ظَنَنْتُ بَقاءَها وَلَهُمْ وِدَادُ

ظَنَنْتُ بَقاءَها وَلَهُمْ وِدَادُ

With a little band of Arabs I had pledges.

An Arab I was, and bonds with them I shared

I thought those pledges would endure, and they had affection.

I thought they'd last, and friendship would be spared

عَهِدْتُ لَديْهِمُ خُلُقاً جميلا

عَهِدْتُ لَديْهِمُ خُلُقاً جميلا

وَقَدْ غَضِبُوا وَلوْ رُدُّوا لَعادُوا

وَقَدْ غَضِبُوا وَلوْ رُدُّوا لَعادُوا

I knew them to have a gracious disposition.

To them I gave the fairest traits of mine

And they have grown angry; yet if brought back, they would return.

Yet angry now, though they return, decline